The King of Monsters Movies

I'm guessing that my title has you debating whether I am referring to Bela Lugosi or Boris Karloff. The answer is Boris Karloff; he was Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, The Ghoul, Hell, he was even the Grinch, whereas Bela was only Dracula, and not even the first Dracula at that. Yes, I know what you're thinking. . . "but Kat, Dracula is your favorite of these Monster classics," and you're right. But Bela is a girl's name (or at least it is in America), not a boy's. Anyway, I am glad to introduce you to Boris. Here He Is!

Yes, now you know the reason for his being named Boris. . . He's a Halloween Black Cat! "How did I get him?" you may ask. And the answer is, yet again, he was dumped here. If you look at him, other than his green eyes, inside of his ears and mouth, he is entirely black, even down to the pads of his feet. He is also the most cuddly cat ever! Unfortunately, he has a very large tummy, despite the fact that if you pet him, you can feel every one of his bones. This could be as simple as him having worms, or as serious as him being infected with the same virus that killed Bombi. The poor thing also has something wrong with his left back leg causing him to limp.

We're guessing he's about the same age as Leo was when he was dropped off, but he could be older because he has all of his teeth, which could also mean he's younger and he just hasn't lost his yet. Personally, I am guessing older because although he's abouth the same size as Leo was, Leo's Maine Coon heritage makes him a bigger cat in general than normal cats. Also, Leo didn't quite have all of his teeth yet when we found him.

If you're wondering exactly how I found this one, here's the story: I was out bringing Buttercup in from her day of the Great Outdoors when I heard this pitiful and very scared meowing. It was coming from around Leishman's property, so I was afraid that Leo was stuck in their garage or up a tree or something so I call for him and start walking in the direction of their house. I was looking over there when I noticed a small black creature on the sidewalk starring right at me. At that point, I was seriously freaked out because of my history. I figured out that Leo was probably fine and was probably in our garage. Then the black kitten started its incredibly loud crying again. I was torn between running inside and helping the poor thing as it came towards me, meowing the entire time. It started running and the light reflected in it's eyes making them flash. This scared the crap out of me, so I started running to the house. The cat followed me, so I stopped and watched its progress. This time, my bravery kicked in and I was able to crouch down and stick my hand out. At first, the cat was skittish, kind of avoiding my hand when, all of the sudden, it rushed at me. I was too shocked to do anything, frozen by my flashback to when I was a kid, but my fear was stupid. The cat just rubbed against my hand, purring very loudly. I picked up the sweet little thing and walked into the basement where Mom, Beck, and Josh were waiting for me. The first words out of my mouth were, "Mom, it's not my fault. I promise!"

So that's Boris' story. Isn't he cute?!

Brave Leonidas

Just a legendary Greek hero? I think NOT!!!! If you are skeptic of this, allow me to introduce my little Leo:

No, my new kitten is not demonic, his red pupil is caused entirely by the camera. However, he is the most unique cat I've ever seen. How? you may ask; the most obvious answer is that his right eye is blue, while his left eye is green-brown. That's not very unique; you might think. I've seen many cats with two different colored eyes. And that's true. But I must ask you, have you ever seen a cat whose tail literally CURLS? Yes, my kitten's tail curls, kind of like a Pomeranian's. These two unusual features combined result in my cute and cuddly little Leo.

What does his being unique make him worthy of being named Leonidas, though? you also might ask. I'll tell you. Because my kitten is very adventurous and brave as well as being original. You may remember the giant tree that grows entirely over the driveway at our house. Leo climbed all the way acrossed it. (the tree is at least 17 Feet above the ground at its highest. nor did he panic once he was up there. he calmly turns around and climbs right back down. i'd also like to point out that Leo is less than a foot long and weighs less than a pound.)

How and when did you get Leo? Leo came to us on Monday. Some jerk dropped him off on the highway, and Leo wandered over to mom in the morning while she was watering her plants. Needless to say, his cute personality and looks made it easy for even mom and dad to find him adorable.

Stolen Ideas of Sentimentallity

Memory Lane


Okay, I admit it, I stole this idea from a friend (I even copied her picture), but it sounds fun.

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Don't Mess With The Bull

Last weekend, Josh and Beck decided to go up against me and my nearly limitless knowledge of movies, actors, several books, etc. Here I will prove, yet again, that I am almost always right.

They believed that Christian Bale is American, I told them he was Welsh. They still were adament in believing me to be mistaken despite me spewing several of the facts featured tbelow.

Snippets of info on CHRISTIAN BALE:

Date of Birth: 30 January 1974, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Although he was born and raised in Wales, his family is actually English. { not american ;}

He has an uncanny ear for accents - he has used a different accent for each of his films to date.

In the "Fresh Air with Terry Gross" radio interview first aired June 13, 2005, he admitted to Gross that because Batman is "such an American icon", he had decided not to perform his promotional interviews for the movie Batman Begins (2005) in his natural mixed Welsh/English accent. Instead he spoke to Gross in an almost inflection-less mid-American accent, only revealing his dialectic roots with a few words

If he plays an American character, he will use an American accent in all the interviews related to the film. He says he does this so the audience isn't confused.



source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/bio

Here is a message for all of you who like to challenge me: i have only been wrong two times when it comes to movie-related knowledge, so save yourself the trouble and humiliation of me proving you wrong and just accept the fact that I know my shit.

My Fellow TWIHARDS:

Due to the fact that (hopefully) the best book of the year (though i'd be happy with 2nd best after The Host) is coming out in only about 4 days, i decided to reread its predecessors. While surfing the internet, i noticed a script for Twilight. I have been a little apprehensive towards the movie based on its trailers, and was only calmed a small bit based on the trailer released at Comi-Con '08. I am very pleased to announce that I was extremely impressed with it. They obviously had to edit a lot from the book, making the feel of the Edward/Bella romance development feel a little too fast, but overall, it kept very close to the book. I didn't think I'd be quite so excited for the movie as I now am. I may even brave the Squeally, giggly fangirls to see the movie the first day. Anyway, if you check out my 'Quotes of the Day(ish)' section, you will find several quotes from Breaking Dawn that were released on Stephanie's website that i found quite entertaining and a very romantic one.

Ancient Body Art: Woading

Here is my creation, ENJOY! it is my one and only directoral movie. Actually, my computer is being mean. I'm sorry, but it will not upload. i will talk to Josh and maybe he can get it to work. Sorry for the dissappointment, but maybe if you call him and ask real nice, he'll send you a copy.

I'm Hit! I'm Hit! (I've been tagged)

Tagged
How to play this game of tag: Post these rules on you blog. List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Joys:
--Being done with my History Documentary (able to be viewed above, hopefully)
--Having awesome family: Josh let my paint him blue, and later dress him up like a nerd, and he still helped me edit my awesome movie.
--Having free time so i can watch movies.

Fears:
--That once i get to LA, i won't get a get hired for anything related to movies.
--That once i get to Sundance, i won't be able to get tickets to the movies i want to see.
--That i won't get a 4.0 ever again.

Goals:
--To get more in shape by jogging and keeping up my yoga.
--To always be myself, no matter what anyone else thinks.
--To keep standing up to people who try to break me/those around me down.

Current Obssessions:
--"The Crow" Graphic novel--James O'Barr is an awesome artist and creative writer.
--Tattoos inspired by The Crow, and Woading (See my video for more info)
--Quoting movies, my favorites to quote are Juno ( 'Heck Yeah, desperately seeking spawn' and 'that little pink cross is sooooo unholy!') and Iron Man ('The truth is, I am Iron Man!', 'Yeah. I can fly,' and 'Lets face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing.')

Random/surprising things about me:
--When i went to Iron Man and saw the new trailer for The Dark Night, i actually almost cried because of how amazing Heath Ledger's last performance looks.
--I have written several tunes on the guitar (sorry, no lyrics).
-- i have a photographic memory, it's just not as well developed as Shawn's (from psych)

Well, i tag JOSH/BECCA, AMY, DANNY, and you are the only bloggers i know, (and rules were meant to be broken, or at least i like to do the breaking so) you're the only ones

Don't Mess With.....

A brannd new, white, shiny, mini-van. There is a very important message for you. I should have known this Thursday night, right before LOST as it would have saved me a sprained wrist and thumb. As i was going into McKi-Dee's, a lovely (blonde) woman was waiting (im)ptiently for her food at the drive through. Right after the food was in her possession, she decided to burn rubber without noticing the teenaged girl (me) walking right in front of her. Alright, so maybe she wasn't going that fast, but anyway, i threw out my left hand, which the van hit, which caused me to fall onto the same hand (don't ask me how, i have no idea how i was twisted. Perhaps it was the ice in the parking lot.) Anyway, the bimbo didn't even get out of her car to investigate my injuries. She rolled down her window. She said she hadn't watched where she was going. I replied something like 'Really?!?! Well, maybe you should work on that! This is about the point where sghe drove away. Unfortunately, i was a little too shockec to get her plates, but if i see a curly haired blonde driving a white minivan, i will be obligated to follow her home and egg/tp her house and car.

There's a MOOSE in my BACKYARD!

Well, I know I've been out of keystrokes for a while. For starters, I've been given an extremely sore throat and cough for an early (Anti-)Valentine's Day present. In between my rotating helpings of Lemon Tea and Muddy Buddies (an odd combination, i know, but oh! so delicious), i wandered into the kitchen to see a gi-normous thing wandering through the trees, then plopping itself in the snow. I soon came to realize that the huge, dark creature was a moose, yes, a moose. To help prove my sometimes questionable sanity, I calmly called mother into the room. It was confirmed that there was indeed a moosed laying in the snow. For some strange reason, some neighbor kids, who are younger than I, decided to scare the creature before I could get a decent (camera) shot at it. It goes crashing, yes crashing, into the Outsen's horse pasture, then, realizing its mistake, crashing back out of it. I, at this point in time, had gone outside to get a picture of it. This was not the best idea as now I was in the moose's way. The (thankfully non-horned) beast comes rather speedily in my direction, but then decides the Leishman's yard looks much safer than a 15 year old girl, armed with a digital recording device. (I may be taking a little creative liberty, but that's beside the point.) Anyway, I managed to get a rather blurry and obscured shot of it while it was in the horse pasture, so enjoy.

Latest Depressing News From Hollywood

Today at 3:13 pm, Heath Ledger was found dead in a Manhatten Apartment. Next to him was a bottle of over the counter sleeping pills. He was 28 years old.

Creepy/Interesting story, probably the concoction of a conspiracy theorist (me), but still:

He was 28.

His make-up in The Dark Knight was very similar to that of Brandon Lee's in The Crow.

Brandon was 28 when he was killed.